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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · 8h

I am desperate to know of any instance of this not being true.

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 8h

Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%

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AlexSquidDev @alexsquiddev.bsky.social · 20h

Oh baybee I got some exciting updates in the works for Doodle Champs! I'll be adding even more free cosmetics and challenges in the next update too.
👉 Full roadmap here:
www.doodlechamps.com/roadmap
#indiegame #gamedev #drawing #artist

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · 1d

We put in a ton of hard work to get this update ready for y'all! I've already got a favorite nameplate that I'm reppin' HARD in the game ("Mouse Master" if you must know 🐭)

Check out what else is new & if you haven't already, pick up the game for only $8! ✍️

AlexSquidDev @alexsquiddev.bsky.social · 1d

The Doodle Champs FREE Cosmetics update is here!! 🎨 Complete tasks to earn STYLISH nameplates and show off your favourite style to your friends online while you draw! ✨

Full patch notes:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/161...

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2d

Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry.

cwa-union.org/news/release...

United Videogame Workers-CWA Statement on Proposed Electronic Arts Buyout
October 15, 2025
NATIONWIDE — The following statement is from United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433.

The recently proposed acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and private equity firms, including Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will further concentrate power and wealth into the hands of a few gatekeepers while doing nothing to address the concerns of players and workers.

EA is not a struggling company. With annual revenues reaching $7.5 billion and $1 billion in profit each year, EA is one of the largest video game developers and publishers in the world. EA’s success has been entirely driven by tens of thousands of EA workers whose creativity, skill, and innovation made EA worth buying in the first place. Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this buyout was negotiated or discussed.

We are particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed ‘less profitable’ but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA’s reputation. Since 2022, an estimated 40,000 video game workers have already lost their jobs due to mass layoffs at AAA and indie studios alike. As reported in Game Developer, this deal will result in EA having to finance nearly $20 billion in debt—who will be spared, which corners will executives cut, and what studios will be sacrificed in order for that to happen?

If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets—not to strengthen the company.

Every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency, and power. Decisions that shape our jobs, our art, and our futures are made behind closed doors by executives who have never written a line of code, built worlds, or supported live services. We are…

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 3d

Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.

www.kickstarter.com

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 3d

The nod of respect through ages when you realise ‘I want the mechanic to feel like game X’ is often achieved by putting in a round number, or the simplest possible shape of code. Feeling in that moment the reality that all games are made by a somewhat frazzled person just trying to get it to work.

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 4d

Imagine, you are buzzing after the last sip of your third Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc. You just met a lovely retiree whose daughter-in-law is going to phone you about the condo in Hallandale. You walk up to my tent, I smile at you. I have Golgotha loaded up in Classic.

Cold email from marketer:
"Good morning Jason, are you or Brian Bucklew the right person to speak with about influencer partnerships?

We recently signed on as the exclusive influencer partner for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, activating creators across 35 of their events."

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · 9d

An inspiring interaction 🥹

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 9d

Classic Steam forums

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 10d

I am fascinated by how ubi has welded the aesthetics of politics in its games and marketing for decades, but always been profoundly cowardly about engaging with them. Political aspartame.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 10d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 11d

Yup

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · 17d

My stuff goes in the freezer cuz I rarely use it. Kids' stuff goes in the fridge cuz it won't sit around nearly as long.

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Ianipoos @ianipoos.com · 17d

Very, very proud of what the Raising the Bar team pulled together ahead of a big deadline. Here's to hoping.

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AlexSquidDev @alexsquiddev.bsky.social · 18d

DOODLE CHAMPS is $5.99 in the STEAM AUTUMN SALE! 🍁🍂 grab it while it's... crispy...
#indiedev #gamedev #artist #digitalart #steam

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 19d

I know it's a real cliché but I still think Karl Marx is one of the most important theorists to read if you want to understand capital's obsession with generative AI. This is from pg 692-93 of the Grundrisse.

The quote is too long for alt-text sorry but if you go to this link it is the paragraph starting with "As long as the means of labour..." https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch13.htm

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Cozy Snugglefield @garybutterfield.bsky.social · 19d

Gary is back for one week only because:

We need new album art for our CRPG podcast Real Lich Hours. Next season we're tackling Planescape: Torment!

lgtbq+bipoc encouraged to submit, it's a paid gig.

Send me your samples at [email protected]

Please retweet and spread the word!

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geographyofrobots @geographyofrobots.bsky.social · 23d

Good morning everyone, a short alpha gameplay reel featuring the latest progress on our new game is up on Patreon.

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Johan Toresson @jtoresson.bsky.social · 25d

GDC has always been ass, and GDC now trying to further impose control outside moscone to strangle out side events is a sure sign that it's not going to get better.

If you're a dev, this sheet is free and will have a higher impact than paying money to go to sf

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 26d

If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content.

www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

www.linkedin.com

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 28d

Fix your brain and heart

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · Sep 16

Eric Adams just installed 200 of these in central park

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · Sep 16

No lie… I’ve been working on something almost exactly like this for the past two years.

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Akupara Games @akuparagames.bsky.social · Sep 15

This next @jeremycouillard.bsky.social game has a very long title, and we have a character limit. ⌨️

Sometimes to Deal… is a collection of virtual ideas. There is no beginning or end. There is no winning or losing. It also comes with a 100-page manual. 📖♾️

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · Sep 15

this is video games, and i love it for that

Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · Sep 15

Gettin’ into Signalis, might make it my whole personality

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fran riolobos @franxurio.bsky.social · Sep 14

En taller de una Amiga quedamos pa hacer cositas random cada semana, hoy tocaron cartulinas articuladas y me salió esto

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Patric Fallon @patricfallon.bsky.social · Sep 11

What's up #gamedev & #indiedev friends!

I've entered my hardcore game pitching era and I'm curious if y'all have suggestions for publishers I should be getting in touch with. Any you're especially fond of lately?

Bonus points if they love RPG/narrative-focused games!

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